Years of construction: 1994-1995
Entered service :1994

Power: 9840 kW
Max. speed : 240 km/h

Composition: 12 units

Shinkansen E1 series
(photo from Wikipedia used under GNU licence)

Is the first double-deck trains built for Japan's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed rail lines.
Because of increasing incompatibility with stations on the Tohoku line, which was being used for more through services to northern Japan, all six twelve-car trainsets were transferred to the Joetsu line as of 1999, and eight-car E4 Series Shinkansen trainsets replaced the E1 Series on the Tohoku line.